"I don't think this is going to have that big an effect on either side, whether it's the states who want to maintain their territorial integrity against the aspirations of some of their own indigenous people or, for that matter, movements that want to seek their own independence and freedom."

VOA: special.2010.07.24

This man was incredulous. "I heard like a big ringing around but I didn't understand whether it was for real,understand?

VOA: standard.2010.01.20

"Whether it's Norway,Switzerland, Russia,I mean, you have to approach every game with the same mentality.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

I think it's ok. Whether it's Shakira or Beyonce, I think it's OK."

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

"If you ask them whether they will receive a pension and what age, they say "I'm not sure whether I will be in the position of pensioners of today."

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

"Doc told an interviewer once, 'Whether I'm playing for myself or for an enthusiastic audience, I can get the same emotions I had when Dad got me that first guitar.'

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

"I don't think at this stage, nobody knows whether BP will be forced to be broken up, whether it might actually end up being so weakened that it falls into the arms of somebody else."

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

I also wonder whether if it's a good way of focusing the world's attention on the issue of blood diamonds and on this very important trial by getting such a high-profile figure involved with it."

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

He says that's not fair. "Whether it's gay marriage, whether it's making changes in the community or making changes on a broad scale - if I'm a citizen of the United States, it affects me as well."

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

"The prime minister is leading Greece through challenging times, but as I told him during our meeting in the Oval Office today, whether in good times or in bad times, the people of Greece will always have a friend and a partner in the United States."

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

So you know throw those two together and I'll come running to check this out regardless of whether she cares or not."

VOA: special.2010.07.30

"I want a grandchild.I'll be seventy in July, and I just -- whether they get married or not, I want a grandchild."

VOA: special.2011.05.23

"As you can see I can't tell right now whether he wants to eat more or whether he needs to burp, so we might try the burping.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

As Lincoln got on the train that would take him to Washington, he said: "I now leave, not knowing when -- or whether ever I may return.

VOA: special.2009.07.23